Table of Contents:

Please enable Text Selection by right-clicking Command Prompt Window Title Bar, select 'Properties', 'Options' Tab, 'Extended Text Selection Keys'. There still seems to be no 'undo' / 'redo' features if you mess up commands.

1. Launching and Managing Command Prompt

Win+R, then type 'cmd'

Run Windows Command Promt

Win+X, then C

Start Command Prompt via Power User Commands

Win+X, then A

Start Command Prompt as Administrator via Power User Commands

type 'exit'

Exit Command Prompt

Alt+Enter

Switch to full-screen mode. Press again to exit full-screen mode

▲ up

2. Select Text (Expanded with Windows 10)

Ctrl+A

Select all text in line (press again to select all text in CMD including complete screen buffer)

Shift+Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Extend selection by on character to the left / to the right

Shift+Control+Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Extend selection by on word to the left / to the right

Shift+Arrow Up / Shift+Arrow Down

Extend selection by one line down / one line up

Shift+Home

Extend selection to beginning of command. Press again to include the path (e.g. C:\Windows) into selection

Shift+End

Extend selection to the end of the current line

Ctrl+Shift+Home / End

Extend selection to the beginning/ to the end of screen buffer

Shift+Page Up / Shift+{Page Down

Extend selection one page up one page down

▲ up

3. Copy and Paste (Expanded with Windows 10)

Ctrl+C

Copy Text

Ctrl+V

Paste Text

As of now, there seems to be no 'cut' option in Windows 10

▲ up

4. Navigate Text

Home / End

Jump to beginning, jump to end of the line

Ctrl+Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Jump to next / jump to previous Word

Ctrl+Arrow Up / Arrow Down

Scroll screen up / Scroll screen down

▲ up

5. Enter and Manipulate Text

Ctrl+Backspace

Delete word left to the Cursor

F2, then a…z

From current cursor position , delete up to letter selected

Tab

Autocomplete Folder Name

Escape

Clear current line

Ins

Toggle Insert Mode

Ctrl+End

Delete from cursor position to end of line

Ctrl+Home

Delete from cursor position to beginning of line

Ctrl+Z

Signal end of Line; text afterwards will be ignored

▲ up

6. Recall Commands

Arrow Up / Arrow Down

Scroll through previously used commands

Arrow Right (or F1)

Type previous command character by character. Press and hold works too.

F2, then a…z

Re-type previous command up to letter selected

F3

Repeat previous Command

F7

Show history of prevoius commands

Alt+{F7

Clear Command History

F8

Move backwards in command history for commands matching current command